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Maybe it's not just aging. Maybe it's anemia
Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. “I’d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,” he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked pale with dark circles under his eyes.
His malady was not mysterious. As a retired nurse anesthetist, Sergott knew he had anemia, a deficiency of red blood cells. In his case, it was the consequence ...Read more
5 best retirement income strategies
If you’re stressed about running out of money in retirement, you’re not alone.
More than half (57 percent) of American workers think they’re behind where they should be on their retirement savings, according to Bankrate’s Retirement Savings Survey. Fueling the stress about retirement income needs are worries about inflation, a weakening...Read more
His heart stopped after a run. His daughter, a nurse, helped restart it
Home from a 5-mile run one August day, Mark Kleinschmidt couldn't stop sweating. He blamed it on the heat. Then his chest felt tight.
He sat on his bed for a few minutes. Once the pain subsided, he headed for the shower.
The tightness returned while he was showering. He got out, only to drop to the bathroom floor. Somehow, he managed to get ...Read more
Months after a serious stroke, he was back to drawing caricatures
A loud ringing and bright light jolted Adam English awake. Then he felt the bizarre sensation of a zipper closing from ear to ear across his face.
English tried to call out, but he could only make sounds.
Then he tried getting out of bed. He fell, hitting his head on the iron bed frame.
His wife, Joanne Pera, was in the bathroom around the ...Read more
A candid take on mortality and the power of friendship
They gather several times a week in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Mar Vista, and no subject is off-limits. Not even the grim medical prognosis for 70-year-old David Mays, one of the founding members of the coffee klatch.
"It's one of our major topics of conversation," said Paul Morgan, 45, a klatch regular.
Mays is a cancer survivor...Read more
A candid take on mortality and the power of friendship
They gather several times a week in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Mar Vista, and no subject is off-limits. Not even the grim medical prognosis for 70-year-old David Mays, one of the founding members of the coffee klatch.
"It's one of our major topics of conversation," said Paul Morgan, 45, a klatch regular.
Mays is a cancer survivor...Read more
This former teacher and coach is staging his first art exhibition — at age 90
PHILADELPHIA -- Seymour Lemonick just accomplished something few 90-year-olds can dream of: staging his first art exhibition.
For the retired Philadelphia teacher and football coach — a sculptor and self-taught woodworker whose Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, home is a makeshift museum — it’s a pinch-me moment.
“This is beyond my wildest ...Read more
This former teacher and coach is staging his first art exhibition -- at age 90
PHILADELPHIA -- Seymour Lemonick just accomplished something few 90-year-olds can dream of: staging his first art exhibition.
For the retired Philadelphia teacher and football coach — a sculptor and self-taught woodworker whose Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, home is a makeshift museum — it’s a pinch-me moment.
“This is beyond my wildest ...Read more
DOGE cuts have made it hard for seniors to get Social Security offices on the phone
PHILADELPHIA -- For a “real lesson in torture,” try calling your local Social Security Administration office with a question.
That’s what Marcia Chestnut, a 62-year-old former housekeeper from Philadelphia, sardonically suggests.
In February, Chestnut — who lives with various disabilities — received a notice from the SSA saying her ...Read more
Travel Trending with Kathy Witt: Oceania Cruises’ Riviera immerses guests in Alaska by land and by sea
We’re sipping hot chocolate and watching a mama bear and her cubs nose around the beach when we catch sight of a shower of ice chunks plunging into the waters of Alaska’s Disenchantment Bay.
Standing on the deck of a catamaran anchored half a mile from Hubbard Glacier, we had been hoping to witness such a scene: North America’s largest ...Read more
DOGE cuts have made it hard for seniors to get Social Security offices on the phone
PHILADELPHIA -- For a “real lesson in torture,” try calling your local Social Security Administration office with a question.
That’s what Marcia Chestnut, a 62-year-old former housekeeper from Philadelphia, sardonically suggests.
In February, Chestnut — who lives with various disabilities — received a notice from the SSA saying her ...Read more
'A purpose in this world': Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Mike Leslie, 66, sits at a desk beneath the buzz of fluorescent office lights, his fingers hovering over his new laptop keyboard. He smiles, eyes crinkling beneath a worn baseball cap. It’s a place he never imagined he’d be sitting.
Before last year, he’d never used a computer.
For most of his life, Leslie hadn’t ...Read more
